Skillable

Skillable is a performance-based learning and skill validation company founded in 2004 by Corey Hynes. It operates a platform for hands-on technical training delivered through live lab environments, intended to close the gap between learning and doing. The Skillable platform is used for Microsoft official curriculum training and enterprise enablement programmes, and the company reports that 50m labs have been launched on it, serving millions of learners.

The technical domains covered include cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, networking and data analytics. Beyond its own platform, the company works with more than 400 global customers across technical training and education and enterprise enablement.

Skillable employs more than 170 people and is run entirely virtually. Team members are spread across 21 U.S. states and five countries. The company describes its mission as improving job readiness through hands-on skill validation.